Wednesday, 3 February 2016

Molestation By Lecturers: Lasting Solution If Generally Practiced

The Rector of Federal Polytechnic Oko, Prof.
Godwin Onu has unveiled a Website (DCS) to monitor the lapses of both
Teaching and Non-Teaching staff of the Institution. The site was
officially unveiled on 26th Of January, 2016. It had been a usual thing in almost
all the Universities and Polytechnics in Nigeria for staff to feel
reluctant in attending to students' needs. An alarming situation where a
student will spend almost 4 months in computing his or her result just
because of the laxity of the staff in charge. Students queue up long
enough under the Sun just to change their Deposit Tellers into receipts,
while the staff in charge sits and engages in rooster and bull stories
with fellow staff instead of attending to the waiting students. Some
Lecturers don't come to classes more than 4 times in a Semester but will
force students to buy textbooks at inflated rates. Frowning seriously
at all these staff lousiness, the Rector who is known for his
digitization prowess and practice has started his 2016 in the
Polytechnic with Student-Sensitive programs. He says the happiness and
comfort of his students are his topmost priority of the year and needs
direct complaints and reports from his dear students through the
DCS(Digital Complaint System). He says he wants to listen to student's
challenges and personally attend to them squarely without minding whose
Ox is gored. To protect the image of the students, the site has
an Anonymous option where one can report any staff without his Identity
being shown. One can also attach pictorial evidence to one's report if
any is handy. This is good news if other institutions can put such Digital Complaint System in place. The platform is www.meetyourrector.com